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3. Late Dinner

I woke up to Kenli asleep and Jose on his phone. I don't even remember when I fell asleep. I peeked over to see what he was looking at. I think it was some girl? He caught me peeking and plucked my forehead.

"Owie!"
"You're so nosy Nella." Jose said, chuckling.
"Not true!" I said sticking my bottom lip or more than usual.
"Fix your lips." He said sternly. I fixed my face and crawled over to Kenli, poking her face.

"Heyy." "Wake uppp!" I whispered. She squirmed around, squeezing her eyes and slapping away my hand.

"Wake up Kenli." I said in a song song voice. She slowly opened her eyes and glared at me.

"Why do you always manage to wake me up when I'm sleeping so good?" She complained.

"Hey, I didn't even get to take my nap!" Jose butted in.
"Shush Jose, I'm talking to Janelle." Kenli argued back. Jose rolled his eyes and went back to being on his phone.

"What time is it?" Kenli asked.
"4:09" Jose said. I quickly crawled over to him to check the time for myself. My head accidentally hit him in his lower jaw.

"Ow, fuck Nella!" He said while clutching his chin.
"Sorry.." "I just needed to see if the time was correct.." I sat down correctly on the couch and put my hands in my lap.

"I just told you the time?" He said confused.
"Yes, but what if you were lying?" I asked. He turned his phone screen to face me and let me see the time.

"Oh.. it is 4:09." I sighed and nodded to Kenli, who was already back asleep.

"KENLI WAKE YOUR ASS UP!" I yelled, startling her. She jumped up and frowned. I felt a pinch on my thigh and immediately clutched my leg.

"Ow! Jose!!" I slapped his hand and he glared at me.
"Stop yelling and maybe I wouldn't pinch you." He raised an eyebrow. I was almost on the verge of crying.

"You're not my daddy José." I whined.
"I know." He said, rubbing the area he pinched.
"Then stop acting like you are jeez."

I got up from the couch and stormed upstairs. I walked to my room and slammed the door behind me. I wanted to cry. I just wanted a daddy of my own. Kenli and Jose are so kind for accepting me and trying to be my caregivers but I really just want one that's really mine.

I lied down on my bed, placed my head under a pillow, and closed my eyes. A couple seconds later I heard my door slowly open.

"Jose, leave me alone." I said, my head still under the pillow. Whoever it was that entered my room closed the door behind them and sat on my bed. They then poked my arm. I slapped their hand away.

"Jose! Stooop." If it was Jose, I probably shouldn't have whined.

"Nella it's me Kenli." I popped my head up, causing my pillow to fall off of my bed.

"Oh, hey.." I said quietly." I looked down at the floor and fidgeted with my fingers.
"Look Janelle. Jose didn't mean to be that way, he's just trying to..I don't know, be a caregiver to you." Kenli sighed.

"I know, it's just, I really, really, want a daddy. A boyfriend for gods sake. I'm so thankful for you two but it's not the same as having a 'daddy'." I looked up at Kenli and she was smiling.

"I know love. You'll find one, I promise." She patted my back and got up. My stomach growled loudly, causing my eyes to go wide of embarrassment.

"You're hungry?" Kenli asked.
"Duhh!" I laughed. I got up from my bed and put my shoes on. I grabbed my wallet from my nightstand drawer.

"Cmon, we should go to a late dinner or something." Kenli smiled and ran downstairs to get Jose. After 5 minutes, we were all in Kenli's car driving to some small diner.

After about 30 minutes of driving, we finally arrived at some place called Holly's.

We walked in and omg, it was beautiful. It had soft, linen lights, sage green booths, and a sweet scent of vanilla fragrance. There wasn't a lot of people which is great because my anxiety would've been through the roof.

We all walked to the front desk and ordered our food. Well, Kenli ordered for me. I hate talking to people at the front. It's just something I've always been scared to do..

We got to our booth and ate for about 15 minutes before drama started to stir up.

"Soo, Nella." Kenli said, tapping my shoulder. I looked at her and placed my lemonade down.

"Yess, Kenli?" I chuckled at her silly face she was making. She was eyeing some guy not too far from us.

"Look at mister hot stuff over there." She said while winking her right eye. I burst out laughing at her actions.

"Oh my god Kenli stop!" I softly punched her shoulder. Yet, I didn't even see what the guy looks like. I peeked over her and saw some tall guy with dirty blond hair. He had pretty dark green eyes and a buff body. Not too buff to where it's really unattractive, but I could see his abs from outside his shirt.

"Like what you see?" Jose snickered. I giggled and punched his shoulder as well.
"Shush Jose, he's a handsome man, I'll give him that."
"Even hotter than me?" Jose said, with a fake pout.
"Maybe." I said while smirking. We both started laughing and continued to eat our food.